registry / @devflow-tools/knowledge-engine / 0.18.68
@devflow-tools/knowledge-engine@0.18.68
Version-aware project knowledge ingestion and retrieval for DevFlow.
AI Security Review
scanned 19d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource inspection found a browser installation hook and network operations aligned with the package’s documentation-ingestion purpose. The runtime requests are tied to documentation sync, and no concrete attack behavior was identified.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The postinstall hook runs during installation; documentation network requests occur when a caller invokes syncDocs.
Impact
The observed effects are browser setup, documentation retrieval, and local index maintenance; no malicious behavior was established.
Mechanism
The install hook requests Playwright Chromium setup. Runtime fetchers retrieve documentation from Context7, GitHub, or URLs in a source manifest; constructor cleanup targets vectors.db files in the configured knowledge directory.
AI rationale
Source inspection found a browser installation hook and network operations aligned with the package’s documentation-ingestion purpose. The runtime requests are tied to documentation sync, and no concrete attack behavior was identified.
Evidence
package.jsondist/index.jsdist/knowledge-engine.jsdist/fetcher.jsdist/context7-fetcher.jsdist/git-fetcher.jsdist/types.js
Network endpoints2
context7.comgithub.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 95.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The postinstall command installs the Playwright Chromium browser.
- The runtime exports KnowledgeEngine, and documentation fetching is performed by its syncDocs method.
- HTML retrieval uses URLs from a source manifest and converts the returned pages into documentation records.
- The Context7 and GitHub fetchers retrieve documentation from those services; built-in sources specify documentation repositories.
- Constructor cleanup removes only vectors.db files within the configured knowledge directory.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = playwright install chromium || true
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = playwright install chromium || true
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkg18"postinstall": "playwright install chromium || true"
},
"dependencies": {
"@devflow-tools/provider-runtime": "0.18.68",
"@devflow-tools/sdk": "0.18.68",
"@devflow-t
Low
Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
The postinstall command installs the Playwright Chromium browser.
package.jsonView on unpkg · L18dist/index.js
Findings
1 High3 Medium8 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencedist/index.js
LowAi Review Evidencedist/knowledge-engine.js
LowAi Review Evidencedist/knowledge-engine.js
Affected versions and remediation
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